Showbiz: One Song, and the Whole Internet Is in Tears

In a parallel world, in 2018, at the live recording of the talent show China Has Great Songs.

A decadent, flashy, ostentatious, and extravagant way of life was all the rage.

Guest judge Hua Chengyu was especially outrageous, putting on an exaggerated performance.

Entertainment for everyone, songs and dances everywhere, and the public's "happiness index" was through the roof.

But when Mao Buyi, dressed like a migrant worker, took the stage, his song "City of Herding Horses" brought the entire stage to a standstill and moved the whole internet to tears.

"Swallow the pain of your troubles, accept it, let it be"

"Don't tell anyone else"

"Who hasn't wasted a few precious years?"

Have you ever seen a migrant worker crouching by a wall, gnawing on a steamed bun?

Have you ever seen a laborer eat instant noodles every day just to save money?

Do you know what it's like to carry a refrigerator up eight flights of stairs?

Mao Buyi's sudden rise brought the show's focus back to the real, brutal world.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.